crake

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Recent Examples of crake The corn crake is considered a species at risk of extinction by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025 The most intriguing sighting of all was made by several fortunate observers who had tantalizing glimpses of a possible corn crake at Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022 On the trail, Holt describes the nearby corn crake to Kevin, who can’t see through his swollen eyes. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021 Among its rare and exclusive wildlife are giant tortoises, marine iguanas, penguins, finches, crakes, and species of mice found nowhere else in the world. Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2020 The Cedar Beach bird was only the second corn crake recorded in New York State since Grover Cleveland was president. Richard O. Prum, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crake
Noun
  • With continued use, the eye gel can help reduce crow’s feet and other fine lines around the eye area, smooth out under-eye bags, and even brighten up the area for a more awake-looking glow.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 2 June 2026
  • Art is friends with a crow named Brooksy.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • Native to North America, eastern screech-owls are mostly gray, reddish-brown or brown with yellow eyes, according to the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • This causes a blast of high-energy radiation called a gamma-ray burst (GRB), a final screech of gravitational waves, and sends out a spray of neutron-rich matter, which allows a process to occur that generates very heavy but unstable elements.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Until recently, the screwworm population was kept at bay via a biological barrier along the Darién Gap at the border of Panama and Colombia.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
  • No single one is going to keep cancer at bay, but reducing daily exposure is certainly possible.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • In the late 1960s and early ’70s, for example, Nilsson completed a series of silver ink drawings on black paper that nod to Indigenous Australian bark paintings.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Aim for a thickness of 2 to 3 inches when applying organic matter such as wood chips, bark, or straw.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • The pair began to exchange words early in the second half, cracking the type of crooked smiles that hardly concealed the competitiveness driving both players to chirp and ridicule and needle one another on both ends of the court.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Stephanie says, between a bark and a chirp.
    Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Others reported a persistent squeak.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • The only sound coming from the Dodger Stadium visitors’ clubhouse Wednesday night was the squeak of a laundry cart.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The style featured a sole which narrowed into a square in front aligning with the upper to create a peep toe opening.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
  • The unit is thick enough to be visible under the wearer’s T-shirt, say, and an air vent peeps out of the clothing.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • Timbaland’s eerie, minimalist production — stuttering beat patterns, yawning silences between drum hits, synth riffs that bray and heave — was the ideal vehicle for Elliott’s slaloming, heavily syncopated raps.
    New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • My father mistakes it for the verb to bray, like a donkey.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Crake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crake. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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